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Friday, 28 April 2017

Morning again and back with my second DT card for today which is for the new challenge at Simply Papercrafts and as we are sponsored by Bugaboo Images I used the Hummingbird Block image coloured with promarkers,cardstock from Papermill Direct,the B.paper is a Tattered Lace craft mag freebie with added glamour dust and I stamped my little Chocolate Baroque Bee,and chalked the sky.

Morning and I have two DT posts today-the first one is for Crafting With Friends and as we are sponsored by Fabrika Fantasy I used the image "Fire Fairy" coloured with promarkers,cardstock from Papermill Direct,B.paper from stash and I used my small grass die in red to represent flames.Don't look too closely at colouring -have broken my reading glasses!!!Using my bifocals which I am not happy with.

Tuesday, 25 April 2017

morning and we have a new challenge today at A Inky Mess sponsored by Luna Girl,I chose some Alice In Wonderland images-you get a full A4 sheet of them.Coloured the images with promarkers,cardstock from Paper Mill Direct.I white embossed Crafters Companion texture stamps and Polka Doodle stamps,then covered the card in distress inks and splashed with water.

Monday, 24 April 2017

Morning and we have a new Just For Fun challenge starting today at Crafting From The Heart and I made three ATCs.The backgrounds were made with Brushos then stencilled over with distress inks,and the umbrella stamp was a craft mag freebie,on two a made a litte pocket with the offcuts and stamped with a script stamp and the third one just added two little offcut strips,then distress inked all edges.These were also used for an ATC swap on FB.

Friday, 21 April 2017

This is a postcard I made for a postcard swap on FB and it is 6"x4" and has to be flat to go through the post as a postcard.The card was fist smooshed through left over silver Aztec metallic craft paint -the birds on wire and sentiment were freebie stamps(sent with an order) from Crafty Individuals and the bird in the corner was a Craft Stamper mag freebie,Black soot distress ink round edges and done!.

Monday, 17 April 2017

Welcome to my new follower and fellow chicken lover lol Lisa-back again with a box card for Artistic Inspirations-I made an ATG project for the new challenge ATG/Add a ribbon/lace sponsored by Nikki Burnette.Cardstock from Papermill Direct,wedding paper from EK Success had for yonks,selection of dies from Tattered Lace,Memory Box,Joanna Sheen,DoHickey and butterflies were craft mag freebies,Vintage wedding image from Graphic 45,ribbon/flower/peel offs and wooden heart from stash.

Our grandson Noah was 1yrs old on 11th April and grandaughter Holly was 8yrs on same day (her card is below)and this is Noahs card,I used a pic taken at his birthday cake smash which was a week earlier.Cardstock from Papermill Direct,papers/ribbon/buttons/metal brad button and liquid pearls from stash-finished.

I have two birtrhday cards to share today-our grandson Noah was 1yrs old on the 11th April(Card to follow)and also Grandaughter Holly was 8yrs old the same day and asked for chickens for her birthday-which I might add are living at Grandmas lol so we have three new additions to our 2cats,2dogs,2bearded dragons,2rabbits,4hamsters and 1gecko-and I was quite happy just living with our two cats!!!Anyway I made her a card using Chicken Run images,I used a background stamp on kraft card and cut into strips for a chicken shed door and added some fibres for straw.I added two apertures with lift up covers inside card as little chicken roosts.

Saturday, 15 April 2017

Morning and I am back with my 3rd and last DT post today -which is for the halfway inspiration at Love To Craft.I was asked to make a card in a box for a 5yrs old boy so I used Dinosaur images and papers from a Cards for Boys CD which came free with Making Cards craft mag.The cardstock is from Papermill Direct and the foliage dies are from Sue Wilson/fence die from Memory Box.I put a large 5yrs old badge under the front flap as the bright colours didn't match the box lol.

Morning I have three DT posts today and this one is the 2nd which is for the half way inspiration "Girlz Rule" challenge at Love to Scrap.We are sponsored by Heartfelt Creations,Pickled Potpourri and Little Blue Button Stamps.I used my own stamps set which has long lost the cover so no idea whose-sorry,I used a laser cut greyboard from Tando,base layer of Tando acrylic paint then distress ink through two stencils,then stamped image and sentiments,gold cosmic shimmer gilding polish round the edges and a metal corner from Xanderous.

Morning and hope you are enjoying the Easter weekend,I have three DT posts today the first ATG/Add Some Glitter challenge is for CCC Digi Creations sponsored by Starstampz and I used the image Spring Ladybug-coloured with promarkers.Scraps of papers cut with new dies and ribbon from stash-I have no glitter paper so added this DST round each edge and covered with glamour dust,added distress inks whilst still in die.

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Morning and I have a sympathy card to share today which I had the sad occassion to make for a cousin whose brother has just died and as these things happen in families I am in contact with the cousin I made it for but not familiar with her brother sadly.cardstock from Papermill Direct,the image coloured with promarkers I thought was from Bugaboo Stamps but I can't find it in the shop so either it is no longer available or I have wrong designer.

Monday, 10 April 2017

Morning and I am back with my second DT post today which is for the create an envelope challenge at Create And Inspire and we are sponsored by Di's Digis.Cardstock is from Papermill Direct embossed with Tattered Lace EF,the border die is from Joanna Sheen,the Angel Hair and seam binding from stash.Now we complain about colour when taking pics-this looks white when in fact everything is cream!!!(except the brown strip lol)and a confession-when I use this I will have to make another insert pocket as I stuck all edges down can you believe!!!I also had to check out pintrest for some inspiration too lol.

Morning and after a glorious weekend I have two DT posts today the first one is for Crafting From The Heart ATG challenge sponsored by Papernest Dolls.I used the cute image Spring Basket Avery coloured with promarkers and added glamour dust-resized and used on an ATC,I made the background by pressing versamark through a stencil and clear embossing,then covered card with Victorian Velvet DI,the heart is part of a new die,last remnant of pink ribbon,wool and liquid pearls from stash,I edged the card with Blossom Gilding polish by Cosmic Shimmer.

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Morning and welcome to my new follower Marie-Christine and we have a new "Spring is in the Air" challenge starting today at Daisy Chain -I have used a beautiful unused stamp which I won about three years ago!I stamped the image in distress ink and pulled out the colour with a water brush,then a very faint watery blue on raindrops.The stamp is melanthium from Stampn'Stor,the B.paper is from a pad I won last year,the plastic coated tag is from The Works,dewdrops from stash and cardstock from Papermill Direct.

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Morning and I have GDT piece for Xanderous Crafty Stash today a canvas I decorated using Brushos in the background,Decoart paint on negative piece of honeycomb stencil,Chocolate Baroque Honeycomb and Bee stamps-and I had great fun with this part---Metal embellishments-Bee clock piece,sunflowere heads and assorted cogs from Xanderous Crafty Stash.I thre everything at these a selection of Decoart paints,chilli powder,3 colours of embossing powder and finally Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish in Treasure Gold and Blossom which I also added to the canvas and round edges,the very rust keys were actually dug up out of the garden in that state last year(knew they would come in handy lol)Xanderous Crafty Blog.

Monday, 3 April 2017

Morning and back with my second post today which is for Get Creative and we are sponsored by Rick St Dennis,Drawn By Krista and Fred She Said whose Cosmos image I used-our challenge is "Flowers and Lace".I coloured the image with promarkers,cardstock from Papermill Direct,B,paper/lace and pearls from stash.

MMorning and I have two DT cards today the first one is for Artistic Inspirations and as we are sponsored by Bugaboo I used the image "Egg Tulip Bunny",coloured with promarkers and doodled round the edges,B.paper from Docrafts and stash,oddments of spotted paper and ribbon from stash and cardstock from Papermill Direct.

Sunday, 2 April 2017

Morning and we have a new challenge for you at 613 Avenue Create-Any Spring Goes-I used a fabulous stamp from Stampotique designer Karen Hayselden-called Herbert Hare,coloured with promarkers,the die-cut frame is from Spellbinders,cardstock from Papermill Direct and the little silhouette image in the corner was a craft mag freebie.I made a background for another card using Brushos through a stencil which I then turned the stencil over and pressed onto spare card which is the background for this card -hope you made sense of that lol.

Saturday, 1 April 2017

Morning and we are starting another month can you believe and a new "Include an Animal"challenge at CCC Digi Creations sponsored by Crafty Sentiments.I used the image Toby In Pot coloured in promarkers,cardstock from Papermill Direct,papers,rabbit border and little stamp from my precious Graphic 45 Secret Garden,dewdrops from stash.Giving this card to my litle grandsons with their Easter eggs.

About Me

My name is Carol and have been married to John for a lifetime well since 1969 anyway.I have always crafted knitting,crotchet,cake decorating and now cards.We have two sons,a daughter,three grandsons and two grandaughters-also two cats, Millie and Puddlenut,Alice the dog,3 chickens 2 ducks,1rabbit and an injured crow! x